Corn husker



bonn HusKER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A 2s, 192s'. o. sKARPHoL Filed aan. 24, 1924 vApril 2s, 192s. l 1,535,500

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application ined January 24, leze. serial No, scenes.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, @scan SKARPHOL, a citizen of `the United States, residing at Dalton, in the county of Otter T ail and State ofitlliiinesota, have invented certain new and useful Improve-ments in Corn Huskers, of which the following is a specification. l y

Illhis invention relates to ycorn husking machines, and the inain object is to provide a novel,practical and etlicient device adapted to be secured upon the side of an `ordinary farinwwagon, and adapted to be driven by one oftheground wheels thereof, which will husk the ears of corn and elevate thein into the ,wagon as it travels along through the field, and thecornis thrown into the husker.

Further and more specific objects will be disclosed in the course of the following specilicatin, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

I Fig. 1 is a left side elevation of a wagon, showing lny attachment as secured thereto.

Fig. 2is a front elevation of the device, and showing the front end of the wagon broken away. p Y w t Y Fig. 3 is a sectional view, as seen on the h ,Figa 4 is an enlarged sectional detail view i on theline 1 4 in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section, slightly modified, on the line 5-5 in Fig. Fig. 6 is a section, as seen substantially on the line 6-6 in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing more partie ularly and by reference characters A designates the box of a farln wagon having a front truck B and rear Wheels C and l), of

common and well known construction.`

`The husker is supported primarily on an angle iron cross bar 7 which is secured transversely under the wagon box and thereagainst by a pair of long vertical bolts 8 and 9, having hooks 10 which hook over the clainp down upon the opposite sides of the wagon boit. An inclined conveyor casing or frame 11 has a bracket 12, which rests on one end of the cross bar 7. Near the upper end of the conveyorfraine is a bracket 13 (see Fig. 2), which slidably engages the wagonbox, to hold that end of the conveyor close to the wagon. The upper end of the conveyor frame is also supported on and connected by a radius rod 14, to the rear axle 15 of the wagon, so that a chain 16, which connects a gear 17 on the wheel C to a sprocket gear 18 on the conveyor, will be uniformly stretched, when the position of the box changes vertically with respect tothe rear wheels, which it will naturally to sonnev extent as the weight ofthe load and traveling conditions vary. The large gear 17 is preferably one that may-be readily bolted or otherwise secured upon any standard type of wagon wheel. lt may also be noted that the bar is bowed outwardly near itslofwer end 4so as teclear the gear 17. p Ilhe sprocket gear 18 is mounted upon a stub shaft 1 9, ournaled to the conveyor, and drives a pair ofinternieshing spur gears2`0 and The gear 21 is inoiuited on and adapted to drive a conveyor shaft 22, to which it is operatively connected and disconnected by a clutch 23 having a hand lever 24. The shaft 22 has a aair of sprocket gears 25, over which, and over similar gears on theshaft26 in the llower end of the frame, is stretched an endless carrier consisting of chains 27 and cross cleats 28. The cleats 2S serve to carry the husked cobs of corn from `the husker (soon to be described) upa platform 29, to the end of the carrier, where they drop upon an inclined chute or spout 3l) which delivers them to the wagon boit.` h

The husking device proper consists of a paifr of co-acting rollersl and 32, which are arranged parallel to and directly under a lower portion of the upper run of the endless carrier. These rollers are journaled at their ends in cross members 33 and Se of the conveyoiI france, and are provided with interineshing spur pinions 35. The end bearings 36 of the roller 32 are slidable with respect to the roller 31, but are spring held toward the salue, to allow sonic spread between the rollers, when heavy husks are pulled therebetween. The teeth of the pinions are long enough, however, to keep in n'resh when such spreading of the rollers takes place. @ne (and therefore both) of the rollers is driven by a shaft 37, having a universal joint 38, at one end, connecting it to the roller shaft, and a bevel pinion 39 at its other end, which. meshes with and is driven by a bevel gear All) ont-he shaft 22.

rIhe roller 31 is longitudinally corrugated, while the roller 32 is preferably more irregular and is provided with `serrated cutters ll1, which are secured by bolts 4:2, the heads of which pass between the rollers by reason of annular channels-t3 (see Fig. 3) or notches 44C (see Fig. 5) in the opposite roller. As

these rollers turn toward each other and the cobs are carried up over them by the endless carrier, the result is that the leaves and husks of the cobs are caught between the rollers and pulled oil, while the husked cobs are too large to be caught by the rollers and keep traveling up the conveyor until they 'tall into the wagon.

As the husks are pulled down and liberated below the rollers 3l, 32 they fall upon an apron 45, which leads them to an elongated container e@ which is transversely disposed and supported under the wagon box by suitable brackets et?. rlhis container is -open at the apron end, as shown in Figs. l

and G, so that as the husks accumulate at that end they may be pushed into the other end by any suitable device such as a broom, rake or hoe. T.Vhen the container is full of husks a latch held door 47a at its right end may be opened and all the husks can then be pushed completely out and used i'or `fuel or any other purpose desired. The container' il@ may of course be of any size, but is preferably large enough to accommodate the husks of a wagon load of husked corn, so that the container may be emptied each time the wagon is driven in to be unloaded.

rlhe unhusked corn is fed to the conveyor and husking rollers by an open hopper which consists of an enlarged portion t8 oi the conveyor casing, and an apron 4:9 which is preferably made of canvas or other textile fabric, and hung or suspended in place by springs 50 having hooks 5l which engage over the wagon box. rlhe apron is preterably widest at its upper end, and is provided with an outwardly projecting end flap 1132 which meets the front edge of the casing, so as to .more readily catch the cobs that are tossed against it by the person picking and lead them to the lower end of the hopper and conveyor. A flexible guide 53 (see Fig. l) may be arranged in the lower end of the conveyor, to prevent cobs from jamming down between the endless carrier and the hopper, should there be any tendency to do so. v

It is understood that suitable modifications may be made in the general design and structural details out the invention as herein st 'lorth and described, provided, however, that such modifications come within the snirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having now therefore fully shown and described my invention, what l claim to be new and desire to protect by Letters Patentis:

l. The combination ot an open cob hopper adapted to be arranged upon the side of the wagon, a pair of husking rollers, an endless carrier adapted to carry ears oicorn from the hopper, over the husking rollers, and deliver them up into the wagon, a container arranged transversely under the wagon for receiving husks, and means for delivering husks from the husking rollers into the container.

2. The combination with a husking device adapted to be arranged upon the side of a wagon or the like, of a container transversely arranged under the wagon with one end in a receiving position under the husking device, and a door closing the other end of the container.

The combination with an endless Carrier adapted to be secured upon a wagon for delivering ears of corn thereto, a pair of husking rollers arranged under the upper run oi' the carrier, a container arranged under the wagon, and an inclined apron arranged to deliver husks falling Yfrom the husking rollers to the container.

t. i conveyor' trame adapted to be arranged upon a wagon or the like, and containing an endless carrier and a husking device co-operat-ively arranged adjacent thereto, a sprocket wheel at the upper end of 'the frame to drive the conveyor, a sprocket wheel on one of the wagon wheels, a chain operatively connecting said sprocket wheels, and a link bar connecting the upper end of the conveyor to the axle of said wagon wheel.

5. A conveyor frame adapted to be tiltably mounted upon the side of a wagon and having an endless carrier and husking rollers arranged below the upper run thereof, means at the upper end of the iframe, and operatively connected to one of the ground wheels of the Wagon, to drive said rollers and carrier, and means to retain the upper end of the frame at a uniform distance from the said ground wheel.

6. The combination with an inclined frame having an endless carrier and husking rollers adjacent thereto, of means for driving the carrier and rollers, and a hopper at the lower end oi2 the frame, said hopper comprising an upwardly diverging apron adapted to catch ears or corn thrown against it and deliver them to the lower end of the carrier.

7. rlhe combination with an inclined frame having an endless carrier and husking rollers adjacent thereto, of means for driving the carrier and rollers, and a hopper at the lower end of the trame, said hopper comprising an upwardly diverging apron adapted to catch ears o't corn thrown against it and deliver them to the lower end of the carrier, and spring means at the upper edge of the apron Yfor retaining the same in operative position.

S. A husking machine including a conveyor having an endless carrier, husking rollers arranged adjacent to and immediately under the upper run of the carrier, said carrier consisting of laterally spaced side chains connected at spaced intervals by transverse cleats, so that ears of corn carried by said cleats over the huslring rollers will be permitted to be engaged by said rollers between the cleats and between the chain of the carrier.

9. A huslring machine includingan in clined conveyor havingv a platform, husking means adjacent to the lovver end of the platform, and a carrier adapted to convey ears of corn progressively up over the husking means and platform.

l0. A husking machine including an inclined conveyor having` a platform, husling means adjacent to the lower end of the platform, and a carrier adapted to convey ears of corn progressively up over the husking means and platform, said carrier comprising OSCAR SKARPHOL. 

